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William Harrison "Bill"
Sawyer, Sr.
Mar 3, 1934 - Aug 7, 2006
Posted by: Jo Aguirre
Enid News and Eagle August 9, 2006
The funeral for William “Bill” Harrison Sawyer Sr., 72, of Enid, will be
10 a.m. Thursday at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Buddy
Drake will officiate. Burial will be 3 p.m. in Hillside Cemetery,
Purcell. The Rev. Paul Buckner will officiate.
He was born March 3, 1934, in Jacksonville, N.C., to Lonnie L. and Etta
Mae Conway Sawyer and died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at his home in Enid.
He grew up in Jacksonville, graduating from Jacksonville High School. He
later attended the University of Oklahoma. He served in the aviation
branch of the Navy during the Korean War.
He married Imogene Hackney Feb. 23, 1953, in Van Buren, Ark. They made
their home in Purcell. He was self-employed as a financial adviser and
estate planner. He was a member of Enid Freewill Baptist Church where he
taught Sunday school for 32 years. He also had a pilot license.
Surviving are his wife, Jeanie, of the home; one son, William Harrison
Sawyer Jr. of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Carla Towler of Purcell and
Shawna Abraham of Enid; five brothers, James Sawyer of Maple Hill, N.C.,
Tom Sawyer of Monroe, N.C., Mickey, Sandy and Lonnie Sawyer, all of
Clayton, N.C.; four sisters, Nancy Jimanez of Jacksonville, Gerry
Hunkins of Hockset, N. H., and Linda Smith and Sylvia Butterworth, both
of Smithville, N.C.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, a son and one
grandson.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of
Love.
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